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The Weald & Downland Living Museum was honoured to be part of long-standing volunteer, Alan Wood’s 90th birthday celebrations on Friday 12 January 2024.

Alan joined the Museum as a volunteer back in September 1997, having seen an advertisement for the Museum in the local papers. “As a retired structural engineer, the buildings interested me,” says Alan.

He started out working for the curatorial team, where he carried out odd jobs around the site. Following a meeting with Roger Champion, who was the master carpenter at the Museum, Alan then got involved with the erection of Poplar Cottage, which was completed in 1999.

Museum celebrates 90th birthday of volunteer